18 May, 1597 - Captain Thomas Stukeley

Here's what the Admiral's Men performed at the Rose playhouse on this day, 424 years ago...

Henslowe writes: w | 18 | tt at stewtley ... | 01 | 12

In modern English: Wednesday, 18^th [April, 1597] ... Received at Stukeley ... £1 and 12 shillings [i.e. 32 shillings]

1629 Portuguese illustration of the Battle of Alcazar

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Captain Thomas Stukeley, their tale about the titular English mercenary's adventures in Ireland, Spain and Morocco, and his death at the Battle of Alcazar. You can read more about this play in the entry for 10 December, 1596.

The company continues to perform Stukeley only once a month. Today's staging is more successful than it has been of late, with the playhouse half full. No doubt this is due to last days of the festive Whitsuntide festive season. 

Henslowe links

• Transcript of this page of the Diary (from W.W. Greg's 1904 edition)
• Facsimile of this page of the Diary (from the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project)

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